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Pharaoh's land and beyond : Ancient Egypt and its neighbors /
Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous civilizations from disparate lands. Ancient Egypt as perceived today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it. This work explores the diverse methods of interaction...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Pharaoh's Land and Beyond; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Plates; Introduction; SECTION I: } Pathways; 1. Finding the Beyond: Exploration; 2. Paths in the Deep: Maritime Connections; 3. Pathways to Distant Kingdoms: Land Connections; SECTION II: } People; 4. Children of Other Gods: Social Interactions; 5. Between Brothers: Diplomatic Interactions; 6. The Armies of Re; SECTION III: } Objects; 7. The Long Arm of Merchantry: Trade Interactions; 8. Artisans and Their Products: Interaction in Art and Architecture.
- 9. Traded, Copied, and Kept: The Ubiquitous Appeal of ScarabsSECTION IV: } Ideas; 10. Technology in Transit: The Borrowing of Ideas in Science and Craftwork; 11. The Flow of Words: Interaction in Writing and Literature during the Bronze Age; I Writing Systems: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs in the Bronze Age-Script Contact and the Creation of New Scripts; II Literature: Egyptian and Levantine Belles-Lettres-Links and Influences during the Bronze Age; 12. All Gods Are Our Gods: Religious Interaction; I "From Bes to Baal": Religious Interconnections between Egypt and the East.
- II Egypt and NubiaIII Religious Interaction between Egypt and the Aegean in the Second Millennium bce; SECTION V: } Events; 13. Violence in Earth, Water, and Sky: Geological Hazards; 14. The Fickle Nile: Effects of Droughts and Floods; 15. Illness from Afar: Epidemics and Their Aftermath; References and Further Reading; Index; Main Index.